Evansville High School rebuilds after stadium fire
By Gina Duwe, The Janesville Gazette, Wis. | |
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"The facility as a whole is looking really, really nice," Business Manager
The upgrades come after a fire destroyed the press box just before the start of the football season last year, forcing the district to bring in portable bleachers for kickoff. A fundraising effort quickly started, and the
The donations allowed the district to build a concrete block structure to replace the wooden structure, which was on stilts, she said.
The new structure cost about
Several businesses and contractors donated items or reduced costs for the project.
The previous press box was one room, but the new one includes a coaches room, media room and a film room for each team as well as a larger space for the clock keeper and announcer.
Fire investigators were not able to determine a cause of the blaze, Treuden said. It might have been electrical, but they could not confirm it, she said.
The facility, renamed last year to Ron Grovesteen Field in honor of the school's longtime football coach, will feature inspiration from
The high school student council members were looking for a fundraiser after the fire, and adviser
A path of engraved red bricks replace the blacktop connecting the concession stand to the bleacher area. It's similar to an engraved brick walkway at Lambeau--"obviously at a much grander scale than we are doing," Stano said.
The student council sold more than 300 engraved bricks at
The students are planning another round of brick sales this fall and hope to sell 100 more by the end of football season, he said.
"Any of that money would be pure profit for us, which would go toward the press box," he said.
The track also was resurfaced this summer thanks to a "generous donation" of
"It's really a much, much improved facility for our athletic teams that use the field," she said.
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